Fulbright Archives

Shauna Ricketts ’18 Receives Fulbright Award to Bulgaria

Aspiring film producer Shauna Ricketts ’18 fell in love with the art and educational power of documentaries while studying abroad during the spring 2017 semester in Southeast Asia at Thailand’s Mahidol University. Ricketts will have an opportunity to continue her cultural education abroad in September when she begins her year as a 2018-19 U.S. Student Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in Bulgaria.

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Number of Geneseo Student ETA Fulbright Award Winners Reaches Five for 2018-19

A few weeks into her 2017 study abroad semester in Córdoba, Amanda Langan’s Argentine friend Pilar Herrera asked a tricky but familiar question, “¿Por qué todos los estadounidenses se llaman americanos?,” which roughly means, “Why do all ‘unitedstates-ians’ call themselves Americans?”

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Sarah Simon ’17 Earns Fulbright to Teach in Uruguay

When asked to explain what winning a 2018-19 U.S. Student Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) award to Uruguay means to her, Sarah Simon ’17 replies in Spanish, “No fue el pez el que descubrió el agua” or “It wasn’t the fish that discovered water.” This maxim has guided her journey since Geneseo.

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Fulbright Winner Matt McClure ’16 Will Teach in South Korea

SUNY Geneseo alumnus Matthew McClure ’16 is among Geneseo’s latest 2018-19 U.S. Student Fulbright award winners. McClure won an award as an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) for South Korea. Simon’s award is for Uruguay. Sarah Phillips ’18 also has been notified that she is an alternate candidate for Colombia.

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Alumna Leandra Griffith ’16 Latest Geneseo ‘Fulbrighter’

Alumna Leandra Marie Griffith ’16 has won a 2018-19 U.S. Student Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) award for Belgium.

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It’s a Banner Year at Geneseo for Student Fulbright Awards

SUNY Geneseo is experiencing a banner year for Fulbright Awards with the selection of a record four honorees – three grant recipients and one alternate – from six Geneseo applications. All recipients received English teaching assistantships (ETA) and will be teaching English part-time to non-native English-speakers, while also completing projects of the own part-time and serving as cultural ambassadors for the United States.

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Leigh O’Brien Receives Fulbright Scholar Award

SUNY Geneseo Professor of Education Leigh OBrien has won a prestigious Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and conduct research at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik during the fall 2015 semester.

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